East End Residents Alert! As their last act before stepping down from power, the Wilkinson majority has hastily scheduled a public hearing, six days before Christmas, on a major zoning change and related application that would turn the beautiful 23 acre area at 555 Montauk highway just east of Amagansett village into a senior overlay district invented by an out of state developer who intends to develop a 79 unit luxury housing project there. The three person majority reportedly intends to pass the measures on the same night. This last gasp of the lame duck administration would repudiate our communitys commitments in its citizen-developed 2005 Comprehensive Plan to limit density, preserve community character and valuable agricultural land, minimize traffic and manage our unique natural resources. The measure was pushed through with a minimum of notice to the public, in ad hoc Town Board resolutions that gave no notice to minority members. These measures concern everyone in town not only because it is a dreadful precedent but because a similar district could be authorized and applied for in every hamlet, including yours. All over town, people have begun to protest to the Board, and groups have mobilized to ensure that the measures are not passed. The Town Board is known to have received many letters and e-mails as has the press. The Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee asked the Board to postpone the hearing. Volunteers at post offices and delis collected signatures from 300 residents on cards that will be sent to the Town Board members protesting the measures. A group of citizens have retained legal help. But more needs to be done. WHAT TO DO It is crucial that the Town Board hear from as many residents as possible. They need to receive more letters of opposition and see and hear from us at the December 19 public hearing. We also need to attend the December 11 meeting of the Town Planning Board which will vote on that night whether or not to recommend the measures to the Town Board. As many residents as possible must attend and speak at an afternoon meeting of the County Planning Commission Wednesday, Dec. 4 when the Commission will vote whether to endorse or refuse to recommend the proposed local action; a refusal to recommend will effectively kill the proposals. Second home owners out for Thanksgiving should attend a meeting to learn more - all are welcome. Saturday, November 30 at 3 p.m. at St. Michaels Lutheran Church in Amagansett. KEY MEETINGS Saturday, Nov. 30th, 3 p.m., Community Meeting, St. Michaels Lutheran Church Montauk Highway across from Amagansett Post Office. Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 2 p.m. Suffolk County Planning Commission, Evans K. Griffing Building, Riverhead County Center, 300 Center Drive, Riverhead 11901. For car pooling, contact info@ehdems Wednesday, December 11, 6:30 p.m. Town Planning Board, Town Hall 158 Pantigo Road, East, NY 11937 Thursday, Dec. 19th, 7 p.m. Town Board Hearing, Town Hall, 7 p.m. WRITE OR EMAIL TO: The Town Board Republican majority: Supervisor: William Wilkinson, Councilpersons: Theresa Quigley and Dominick Stanzione, with a hard copy to Town Clerk, Fred Overton, all at 159 Pantigo Road EH 11937 [email protected] Town Planning Board, Reed Jones, Chairman and Members, 158 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937 email:[email protected] Suffolk County Planning Commission, Director: Sarah Landsdale, email: [email protected] Email our local papers: The East Hampton Star: editor@ehstar The East Hampton Press: mailbag@ehpress The Independent: news@indyeast Express your opposition to discarding the Comprehensive Plan, to voting on new law without sufficient notice, to the development of agricultural land which we are rapidly losing, to creating a sprawling suburban landscape in our rural community.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 23:02:58 +0000
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